The blanket ban on firearms in American National Parks arguably once made sense, as guns for self defense were generally banned from most public places. But times and the laws have changed and the rules for National Parks need to change with them. Because National Parks were created for American citizens to enjoy, not to drive political policy.
In any case the real question we have to face is: if a law, however politically correct it may sound, protects no one and actually makes the general population less safe, is that a law we want to maintain?
This National Park/Monument gun ban became outdated in 1987 when a new concept began to find approval in state legislatures; the idea of giving civilian’s the right to carry concealed weapons. After all, every two bit street thug who wants a gun carries one, so why should law abiding citizens trained in firearms use be forced to leave those firearms at home when the criminals do not? Should being armed be limited to those who don’t care about the law, and restricted from the hardworking person who owns guns but is not a law breaker? Particularly in the US, where ownership of arms and self . . . → Read More: The ban on firearms in American National Parks and Monuments; Politically Correct maybe, but whom does it protect?
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